Al-Qa'im

al-Qa'im (1017-2 April 1075) was the Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 1031 to 1075, succeeding al-Qadir and preceding al-Muqtadi.

Biography
al-Qa'im was born in 1017 to Caliph al-Qadir, and was from a Bedouin Sunni Muslim family. In 1031, he inherited the title of Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate upon his father's death, and he became the spiritual leader of Sunni Islam across the world. Despite this nominal power, he was a vassal to Alp Arslan, the Turkish conqueror who led the Seljuk Empire and took al-Qa'im under his protection. He died in 1075 without having achieved much.